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SWITCH BC which stands for Safety, Wellbeing, Innovation, Training and Collaboration in Healthcare

is a new organization focused on the health, safety, and wellbeing of everyone working in healthcare in B.C. Our unique organizational model is a collaboration of unions, physicians, and employers. We are working to support province-wide innovation, prevention and training, and enhancing the culture of safety in all healthcare workplaces in B.C.

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Learn more about the work SWITCH BC is doing to improve occupational health, safety, and wellbeing programs and practices. Check out the Provincial Health Safety Management System (HSMS) to see how provincial decisions and leadership decisions tie into operational actions and create safer and healthier workplaces. You can also explore partner programs throughout the province.

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Psychological Health and Safety Program
Provincial Violence Prevention eLearning Curriculum Refresh
Community Physician Health and Safety Program
Provincial Health and Safety Management System (HSMS)
Psychological Health and Safety Management System (PHSMS)

Resources

Resources, training and coaching.

We believe everyone working in healthcare should be safe and thriving at work, and when they head home to family, friends, and their communities. Check out the Provincial Health Safety Management System to see how provincial and leadership decisions tie into operational actions to create safer and healthier healthcare workplaces. Plus learn more about shared responsibility between employers and employees when it comes to health and safety at work and mental wellbeing in workplaces.

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- Health & Safety: A Shared Responsibility
Physician Health and Safety Requirements
Patient Handling and Ergonomics
Violence Prevention
Mental Wellbeing
OHSAH Archive Library

OHS Resource Centre

Providing resources to help support health and safety at work.

Creating healthy and safe workplaces is a shared responsibility between employees and employers. Occupational health and safety play a vital role in workplace health, safety, and wellbeing by giving employees and employers ways to work together to identify concerns and find solutions.

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People working in healthcare are twice as likely to be injured on the job compared to the average B.C. worker and health care aides are four times more likely to be injured at work.

Health care teams are more likely to face a violent incident at work than people in law enforcement. And unfortunately, mental health injuries are highest in healthcare work too. Analyzing data, looking at root causes and collaborating on solutions will help us all better care for the people who care for us.

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Invite SWITCH BC to join your JOHSC meeting

Are you a member of a Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee (JOHSC) in B.C. healthcare? Invite SWITCH BC to join an upcoming meeting and help us shape new PHS resources.

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300-2889 East 12th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C. V5M 4T5
hello@switchbc.ca
604-317-7569